'Polar Attraction'...
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With peaks and valleys echoing the nearby Alps, the vast canopy of the Munich Olympic Stadium has been a local landmark since the opening of the 1972 Olympics for which it was designed. Seeking to avoid the inherent monumentality of individual structures, their proposal was to gather the various venues and accessory functions close enough together to be united by a common structural element. The concept for the stadium itself was derived from the ‘earth stadiums’ commonly built in Eastern Europe since the end of the First World War: taking advantage of the existing topography, space for the field and seating for 90,000 spectators would be carved out of the ground instead of built above it. It was as much a symbolic choice as a practical one, as a stadium set into the earth would not present visitors with an imposing edifice, but blend more subtly into the ideal Bavarian landscape being created on the rest of the site.
While the sunken arenas were developed by B+P, the firm turned to designer Frei Otto for the element which would tie the entire complex together. Otto had spent a decade studying the enclosure of space under suspended roofs, gaining particular attention for his contribution to the German pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montréal. Working together with B+P, Otto helped to devise a scheme for tensile roofs of steel cable and acrylic panels, stretching over the Olympic site like a massive, segmented tent. The translucent canopy was designed to shelter the athletes and spectators without obscuring lines of sight. -
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Taken at Olympiastadion Munich, Germany. -
Photographer: Norman A Quinn of 22/7 Fine Art Photography
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